Charles Cecil MBE, industry vet and co-founder of Revolution Software, has been appointed to the board of the British Film Institute. Cecil is also a BAFTA ambassador, on the Creative Skillset Industry Council and founded Yorkshire games network Game Republic. His development firm also has a new, original, Broken Sword game in the works which […]

Broken Sword: The Serpents Curse is in development from Revolution Software, and the firm is asking for $400,000 on Kickstarter to fund it. The game is a new, original, Broken Sword game by Charles Cecil which upon successful finding and development will release on Android, iOS, Mac and PC in early 2013. The pitch video […]

The Android version of Broken Sword: The Director’s Cut is now on Android. It’s £2.99 on Google Play. Revolution also said today that it’s about to announce a new game: “We will shortly be announcing details of an original adventure game that has been in development for six months,” said studio head Charles Cecil.

Charles Cecil, the creator of Broken Sword and head-man of UK studio Revolution, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Said the dev legend in a tweet: “Thrilled, flattered and humbled by all the MBE-congratulatory messages. Thanks so much!” Many congrats, Charles.

Revolution Software’s Charles Cecil has told GI.biz that the iPhone version of Beneath a Steel Sky is expected to hit the 20,000 units sold during its first month of release. The game is expected to sell 70,000 copies during its first year and 100,000 during its lifetime. “As a small developer it’s an opportunity we’ve […]

Charles Cecil has signed on as designer and to lend his voice to a Christmas Carol game based on Disney’s upcoming performance-capture flick. Speaking during a BAFTA seminar, Cecil chatted a it about the game based on the Robert Zemeckis movie, starring Jim Carey, Colin Firth and Gary Oldman. “It was a really nice little […]

Charles Cecil and Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons are to host a BAFTA talk titled “Reinventing A Gaming Classic: iPhone “Beneath A Steel Sky” on October 5. The present and future of narrative-based gaming is the order of the day, and there’s a chance to get stuff signed by the luminaries on the night. The session […]

Ubisoft has taken the rights to Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – The Director’s Cut for Wii and DS. The game’s new edition will release in March next year. Press release and screens after the break.

The latest One Life Left has been released as a podcast having been broadcast last night. We forgot to tell you about this, but oddly, we don’t feel bad. Listen the the MP3 of the British radio show instead. Apparently Charles Cecil talks about how he’s only just received a Wii dev kit in it […]

Charles Cecil MBE, industry vet and co-founder of Revolution Software, has been appointed to the board of the British Film Institute. Cecil is also a BAFTA ambassador, on the Creative Skillset Industry Council and founded Yorkshire games network Game Republic. His development firm also has a new, original, Broken Sword game in the works which […]

Broken Sword: The Serpents Curse is in development from Revolution Software, and the firm is asking for $400,000 on Kickstarter to fund it. The game is a new, original, Broken Sword game by Charles Cecil which upon successful finding and development will release on Android, iOS, Mac and PC in early 2013. The pitch video […]

The Android version of Broken Sword: The Director’s Cut is now on Android. It’s £2.99 on Google Play. Revolution also said today that it’s about to announce a new game: “We will shortly be announcing details of an original adventure game that has been in development for six months,” said studio head Charles Cecil.

Charles Cecil, the creator of Broken Sword and head-man of UK studio Revolution, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Said the dev legend in a tweet: “Thrilled, flattered and humbled by all the MBE-congratulatory messages. Thanks so much!” Many congrats, Charles.

Revolution Software’s Charles Cecil has told GI.biz that the iPhone version of Beneath a Steel Sky is expected to hit the 20,000 units sold during its first month of release. The game is expected to sell 70,000 copies during its first year and 100,000 during its lifetime. “As a small developer it’s an opportunity we’ve […]

Charles Cecil has signed on as designer and to lend his voice to a Christmas Carol game based on Disney’s upcoming performance-capture flick. Speaking during a BAFTA seminar, Cecil chatted a it about the game based on the Robert Zemeckis movie, starring Jim Carey, Colin Firth and Gary Oldman. “It was a really nice little […]

Charles Cecil and Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons are to host a BAFTA talk titled “Reinventing A Gaming Classic: iPhone “Beneath A Steel Sky” on October 5. The present and future of narrative-based gaming is the order of the day, and there’s a chance to get stuff signed by the luminaries on the night. The session […]

Ubisoft has taken the rights to Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars – The Director’s Cut for Wii and DS. The game’s new edition will release in March next year. Press release and screens after the break.

The latest One Life Left has been released as a podcast having been broadcast last night. We forgot to tell you about this, but oddly, we don’t feel bad. Listen the the MP3 of the British radio show instead. Apparently Charles Cecil talks about how he’s only just received a Wii dev kit in it […]